The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-01 00:00:00

r rIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Norning•—•..,,... 2 - Iminutes after 6 Evening......... 45 minutes after 6. EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, Esq. Awl Embellished witli PORTRAITS of DISTINGUISHED LITERARY CHARACTERS. --- The FIRST NUNBER for 1638 of COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND lIUMOURIST, Contains, among other Interesting Articles : The Gurney Papers. By the Female Portrait Gallery. from Editor. Sir Walter Scott.. "fly Miss Life in the East (Oriental Landon. Wives). By . M. J. Quin, Th e M anager ' s N ote- b oo k , con - Esq_. tr:ming curious particulars of The Phantom Ship. By Cap.- Matthews, &c. tail' Marryat. On the Education of the Higher Tine-apple Lodge. Classes. Chigwell revisited. By One of The Great Western Jungle. the Authors of " Rejected Ad- By an Old Forest Ranger. dresses." The Man who always ate Stale Letters from Ireland. By J. Bread. Came, Esq. The New Year. By Alfred Peeping Tom and the Lady Go- Crowquill. diva. Reminiscences ; or, a Page from The American Indian. the Book of Life. Recreations in Natural History. The New Year being a favourable opportunity for commencing a Periodical, those who may desire to become Subscribers are re quested to forward their orders immediately to their respective Book sellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET. M R. C R N Has in preparation TRANSLATIONS of the following NEW FRENCH WORKS : INIF.7IIOIIth OF THE COURT Or MARIE ANTOINETTE. By M. LEONARD. 2 vols. H. THE ALPS AND THE DANUBE. By Baron D'HAUSSEZ. 2 vols. MEMOIRS of the DUKE of VICENZA, Ambassador at the Court of St. I'etersburgh, during the Years 1809, 1811. 2 vols. Iv. MADAME CAMPAN'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH QUEEN HORTENSE. Edited by J. A. C. BUCHON. . Now first published from the Originals, 2 vols. V. THE SALONS OF PARIS. By the DUCHESS D'A BRA NTES, 4 2 VOIS. VI. MEMOIRS of THE CIIEVALI2.R D'EON, 2 vols. NOTICE. reign, and independent nation. She is now anxious to bury in perpetual nblivlon the disputes and dissensions which for so hug a period had interrupted the friendly re lations between two countries eennected by old bonds of union, identity of origin s and reciprocal interests. What lesson to other countries ! But, unfortunately, tUcl !Z:s sons have never yet produced any effect. Nations, lik individuals, are urged on by their passions and prejudices ; they underrate the strength of their enemy, and over estimate their own, and, after great losses and suffering, are often compelled to rest satisfied with but a tithe of what would have been conceded at the commencement of the contest. As regards contests between colonies and the mother countries, the resn't generally to the latter is still more ruinous. The history of the disputes betwe( n tliis country and our American colonies front 1776 to 1753, the sanguinary contests between the Turks and Greeks within the last few years, and the sad experience which Spain herself had acquired by the successful resistance of the Dutch to her vast armies, when in the zenith of her power, have ail been thrown sway. The conduct ofthe Roman King, who paid as much for thz, third, as he had refused to pay at first for the whole of the Sibyl's books, showed absolute wisdom, compared with the conduct of European States towards their colonies. They have always paid the whole price, and received nothing. And what has been the causes ? The arrogance and injustice of the more powerful party. They have refused just claims, till the colonies saw no hopes of redress, but from independence, and false pride, and ima ginary strength then became arrayed against justice andl sound policy. The wrongs and bravery of the weaker party have roused the sympathies of neighbouring countries, and the fight, in place of being confined to the colony, has generally extended to all those states who only want a pretence for attacking the mother country. France assisted the Americans, and Greece owes her independence to England, France, and Russia. Twenty years of peace, encourage the hope, that mankind now see the folly of at tempting to obtain by war and murder what they may ob tain by the more certain arts of peace. Why should they not apply the same rule to the disputes between indepen dent States and their Colonies ? Great Britain has now an opportunity of leading the way, and showing a noble example. Her power is vast, and she can afford to make concessions to justice, without the imputation of fear or weakness. The wrongs of the Canadians have been ad mitted by our rulers. Let them redress these wrongs in the spirit of peace and conciliation. Let them propose on the meeting of Parliament, measures of relief, which will satisfy all impartial States, and if then there is no alterna tive but war, she will find what power a liberal policy and a good cause will give to her arms. Having purchased the Copyright of the True Sun Evening Japer, the Proprietor of this Journal respecyUlly requests the News Agents in Town and Country to supply The Sun in future in place of the True Sun, which ceased on Saturday, the 23d instant. Should any Subscribers of the True Sun be disap pointed, through mistake, in receiving The Sun, a communication, addressed to this Office, will ensure punctuality. Sun Ole!, 112, Strand, London. December 25,1837. We understand that a public meeting will bo held at the Crown and Anchor on Thursday next, to protest (says the advertisement announcing the meeting) " against the series of unconstitutional and tyrannical proceedings of Ministers towards the people of Canada ; to deprecate a war which can bring neither profit nor honour, but which must cause loss and degradation to Great Britain ; and to prepare pe titions to the Houses of Lords and Commons thereupon." A Morning Contemporary is pleased t• wax exceeding wroth with the spirit that has suggested this meeting, and asks with pert flippancy whether it " is to be an open or a packed one"—just as if in the la tter case the gieat room in the Crown and Anchor, which is capable of holding three thou sand people, would have been selected! Hole-and-corner meetings, we need scarcely inform our indignant Con temporary, are seldom held in rooms capable of con taining nearly as large a body of men as WELLINGTON fought with at Busaco. They are usually held in quiet, snug, out-of-the-way places, not in the vary heart of the Strand, at mid-day —an hour when hundreds upon hun dreds are passing the spot, and all are at liberty to enter : As for the motives that have prompted the meeting, we hold them to be every way justifiable. The inhabitants of London and Westminster do not propose to meet — as our Contemporary seems to think they do—for 'the purpose of condemning Ministers, but for giving expres sion to their sentiments on the important questions of Canada. True, many of them, who will attend on Thurs day, think that the Ministerial policy has been miserably defective as regards these colonies ; but their chief object is to protest against a war—should such occur, which is not very likely, by the bye that will cause only " loss and degradation to Great Britain." They do not meet to discuss the past, but the present and the future. Why, then, should our Contemporary fall into such violent hysterics at the idea of Thurs day's meeting ? Is it unconstitutional—is it ultra-Radical —will it depress Consols—o r shake the foundations of our national prosperity ? We really cannot account for all this exceeding sensitiveness, unless, indeed, a hint has been thrown out that a paragraph in condemnation of the objects of the proposed meeting, would be acceptable a head-qu irters. O OUR SUB?, ; ERIBERS, TO ADVER TISEP:s, AND TO THE PUBLIC. IHE Unv.m of the True Sun with The Sun, and !Aler circumstances, have now given us a posi tion which no other Evening Journal possesses. It , appears from the Parliamentary returns, that this Union has placed us at the head, and con siderably at the head, of all our Contemporaries. The attainment of this position has not been effected without very great sacrifices, and still greater exertions—exertions which the whole of the Pro vincial Press has declared to be unparalleled. We shall not, however, pause here. There are other things of importance which have never been attempted by any Newspaper, but which we propose to effect. The private business of Parliament involves property, and affects interests to a much larger extent than any of the Courts of Law ; yet there hare been no systematic or periodical Reports of those pro ceedings. We intend to supply the desideratum, by furnishing accurate anddaily reports of the proceed ings of every Private Committee; so that smuggling of Bills through the Legislature, often of the most important character, can no longer take place. Every indi►idual who chooses may become ac quainted with any matter affecting himself or his property that comes before Parliament. To Law yers—to Members of Corporations —to Joint stock Companies --this information must be very desirable. Our agricultural friends will not he forgotten. At present they are dependent for prices either upon local Newspapers, which are generally published on the morning of each market day, and consequently only contain the prices of the preceding week ; or upon Lon don Journals published only once a week. We propose to remedy this defect by giving daily reports of every Corn-market of importance in the kingdom immediately after it takes place; so that before any farmer goes to market, he may know the prices that have been obtained, in the shortest possible time, in his neigh bourhood. Besides the above, we propose many other im provements which must contribut e greatly to the advantage of our readers ; but we have not time to advert to them. Let us be judged by our merits. Sun 0, 7e, 'January 1, 1838. ne'publication of Ti H SUN NRWSPArP.R commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. 412:11 (n- V. 5% 4,„ WIT!! WU len " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1838. mportant intelligence from Lower Canada—for which we are indebted to two of our morning Contemporaries— will be found in our columns of this day. There is not the remotest chance of the civil war being put down before the opening of the navigation of the St. Lawrence in May next. It will be seen from the accounts received that Lord Goa- FORD has issued a proclamation offering a free and unqua lified pardon to such of the insurgents as will lay down their arms and return in peace to their respective dwellings—a measure which the loyalists of Montreal and Quebec de nounce as a scandalous concession to treason and rebellion. We differ in opinion from these worthies, who, in their ex cessive loyalty, have an eye to the pillage of the country, or we are very much mistaken. Lord GosFonn, in offering an amnesty to the Canadians, has re deemed his character for humanity—has acted in the spirit of the mission upon which he was first sent out as the Representative of the Crown in North America. By all means, let the Canadians who have been betrayed into the crime of taking up arms against the mother country, have opportunities afforded them of resuming their allegiance, and returning uninjured in fame and fortune to their homes. We deprecate every thing like vengeance, on the part of the Government, as regards the insurgents in Lower Canada. While insisting upon the necessity of their lay:ng down their arms, previ ous to the concession of the claims which they have taken them up to obtain, we deem it our duty to impress upon the Government, that any severity practised towards them, after a voluntary submission, will prove fatal to the domi nation of England, and earn for Ministers the execration of all mankind. This day commences a new year—the first of QUEEN VICTORIA'S reign —and may its successors, teeming with promise, be memorable and many !—each realising the best wishes of a free, loyal, and prosperous people ! But while we look forward with hope we are not With out apprehension. The past year, though peaceful, has been one of severe trial to the monetary and commercial classes, arid the present is:ushered in with the torch of faction at home, and the firebrand of insurrection abroad. The very name of Canada trumpet-tongued is heard far and wide, and almost heard alone ! It finds an echo in every bosom —and awakens recollections which one endea vours in vain to evade or forget. But the crisis must be met—and met with fortitudr, though reflection cannot help turning with anguish to the folly and Ministerial improvidence of the past. As the meeting of Parliament approaches, public anxiety acquires deeper intensity : and grave will be the responsibility of those who counsel Royalty, or appeal to the Legislature, at this important juncture. Their step, though firm, must yet be cautious—and their bear ing, though high, should borrow grace from conci liation, and generosity from impulses of humanity— in reverting to their own errors they will learn to be megnanimous to others, while it is yet in their power to be just. Man's power passes away—hut not so the memory of his deeds. What memorials have the MELBovatst: Cabinet in store for the coining year ? Bright with promise we sincerely hope, if they wish well to their own fame, to the honour of the QUEEN, and the glory of the nation. It appears from the New York Papers just received, that a stronger sympathy, than we had anticipated, is felt for the insurgents in that city and throughout the states of New York and New England. The presence of PartNEau in the United States will not fail to have a powerful effect upon the citizens of the Republic, who, trammelled by no foreign enlistment Act, may cross the frontier at any mo ment without incurring the wrath of their own Govern ment. In corroboration of this inauspicious view of the progress of the civil war, we quote the following extract from a leading article in the New York Morning Herald of the 11th of December : " Throughout New England and New York, the popular feeling is unquestionably developing itself in favour of the Canadian insurgents, as they are called. The newspapers of this city arc no accurate representative of the state of public sertiment, in that part of the country encircling the Canadas. This sympathy with the revolutionists pervades both parties,_ but when it shall be known that the Administration tak-s sides with them also, it will give strength and intensity to the new sentiment. Next to the insurrection in Canada the most memorable event of the by-gone year is the recognition of the Mexi can Republic by the Crown of Spain. The contest began nearly thirty years ago, and Spain, after much loss of blood and treasure, and many vain attempts to reduce the " rebellious traitors" to a sense of duty, now holds out the hand of fr:ends'lip and recognizes them as a free, sore " In the city there arc many secret movements going on in favour of the insurgents. Their recent defeats by the Queen's troops are reckoned as nothing in the general chances of the contest. Many begin to believe that the British Government will agree ultimately to a separation from Canada, in prefe rence to the expenditure of blood and treasure which in the end will be thrown away without a purpose. Others again assert that the British authority in Canada will be maintained at every sacrifice, not for the intrinsic value of the province, but as a part of the great colonial system of England. " We confess, looking on the insurrection in Cat.ada in every point of view, we see in that affair a deeper, intenser interest than on any other public question of the day. If the popular sympathy of New England and New York should run warmly in favour of the patriots, or insurgents (when they gain a battle it will be time to call them patriots), we are persuaded Mr. Van Buren would not hesitate one moment to plunge his country into a quarrel with England, provided he thought he would thereby secure his power, and turn the tide of the recent political revolution at the polls, in his own favour, and against the Whigs. On a que,oion of great national sentiment such as that would be of the Cana dian insurgents, the people would grow wild and on:manages. ble. All other questions, bar.ks, fiaancts, currency, would sink to nothingness. " The reply of the President, therefore, to the application already made by the British authorities, asking for a passage to their troops into Canada, or demanding an explanation of certain secrct recruiting movements in this city and in New THE SUN, LONDON, MON n AY, JANUARY 1, IB3A England, will be locked for wiei great and paramount solici tude by the whole country." This is altogether so different from the tone of the New York Press when the first finn""'77Le n i of t h e Ci v il W ar in Canada roa.±ejt that city, that w e ca nno t help ex inessing surprise at a change of opinion so complete as regards the feeling tow.!rds this country. It would seem that instesd of that c.vcrflowing zeal in fa‘our of England— of which Herald, only a few days ago, said so much— ow' Government will have enough to do to obtain from President VAN BCREN an official guarantee for the obser vance of a strict ntutrality. As to whether the United States' Government ought, or ought not, to allow the pas sage of Britiqh troops through the territory of the Union, we do not feel ourselves called upon to offer any opinion. The question is one which Congress has a right to decide upon in any way which it may deem rnol , t, consonant with the honour and interests of the federal Government. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have been received, together with adv:ces from Alidrid, of the 21st, Berlin of the 20th, and Constantinople of the Gth ult. From the French Journals copious extracts are given in another column. The accounts from Spain, Russia, and Turkey are of no po'itical interest. FRENCH FL/NIIS —PARIS, DEC 31) five pei Cents.. 1071. Mc. L'Sf Isc. Ire. 12c. three per Cents. 701. SOc. 7. f. Bank Actions, 2 : 5451 2,540 f. tteate de Naples, 5 5 f. liBf 41 e. Roman Five per Cents., 100%X X. Spanish Actives, 20X. Spanish Passives, 4 1 {,. Uelgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101% 102. Brussels Society, 1,71'1. Belgian Bank, 1,5251 1,5271. Sec. 1,5301. gICIIANOkus LONDON. One month, paper, —l. —c. ; money, 25r. 471% c Three months, paper. —f. ; money, 25f. 30, LAS 1' PRICES. Five per Cents. 10Isf. 30c. Three per Cents., ;Of. 10c. Bank Actions, 2,5401 Humans, 100 X. Belgian Loan, 101. Belgian rank, 1,5'101 Portuguese Three per Cents., 19X. Spanish Actives, 20x. Spanish Passives, 4X. MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY ) . CORN txcIIANGE. -- There was a better demand for fine Wheat to-day, and prices ranged a trifle higher ; and although secondary sorts were dull, still they experienced no decline. Barley of all descriptions conti nues much at last week's quotations; but fine inciting s orts were the only ones that secured any thing like a brisk sale. Good sweet Oats sold freely at a decline of Is. per quarter on the prices of last Fridny but one; we refer to this because there was no Monday's Market last week. Oats out of condition were almost. unsaleable. Dulness prevailed arn , ,n„!'t Beans and Peas at a decline of Is. per quarter. Oats to-day were in very large supply. Other kinds of Grain is moderate. Samples in good condition. PRICES ON BOABD or SHIP. Wheat, fled (old) White (old)„. al, 166. - (old) 42,4 , . Red :16371 455. 465. Tick (new) 2B_ 31'. ----- Finr. .tee. 525 - told) - _ Superfine— ...... :qs. sr, Harrow (new , ... 32 •.31-5 MI to (W 37) 445. 51'. --- (old). . ..... .40r.415. Fin's ------ Superfine 'A: 62 , Oats, Feed Foreign free.... '4 - 1: CS,. - New . l7-.21 . Rye .. "Os 315 Poland ' Barley 225 ..55 New 'O-24 . Grinding 21s 975 Potato' 25 .30. Malting fm.., 3t.• ----- New 14+.26. Malt. 465. 545. Scotch Fine New 511-f. fin , —.. Irish 17s Pease, Grey, New 30:.:;1s. Flour Town :ver F:lck) ..... -505.52 . Maple New 'l'2.s ('3,. -- Seconds 45 41 4 5. -- Whit, 'lss. 355 -- North Country 425 4ls Boilers Ws 23- Bran 8 9 ARM VALS. 1 Flierheat. I B ar l e y Oats. I Flier English - 2,267 qrs 1 7,539 ,of ke. trial" — 3, - 20 - , 48,563 f 260 1 4 Forciin I —. I SMITHFIELD CATTLE 'MARKET. There was a considerable number of buyers at market to-day, and an improvement in business ; for although the supply was con siderable, nearly all was sold. The general quality of the stock at market was of a middling character. The mild weather operates against any advance of importance in prices, and therefore they remain much as they were, and ranged as follows : PRICES PER STONE OF BLR• TO GINK TILE OFFA T.S. s. ft. tO S. A s. fl. to a. d. Inferior Beasts. ..... ....... 2 2 2 4 Inferior Sheep 2lO 3 0 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0 Second quality ditto 1 2 3 4 Crime large Oxen 3 4 3 P Coars9-woolled ditto__ 3 S 310 Prime Scats, &c. Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 large Hogs '3 2 4 8 erime small ditto Suckling Calves ,each l6 C 33 81 Quarter old Pig ,each 12 *. 00 1 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep Calve I Pigs 504 I 7 , 0 0 9 I Ile 499 NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, ley the Carcass. s ct. to s d s d to s d. inferior ... 3 0 3 4 Mutton, inferior '3 4 3 6 middling ........... 3 6 3 il 'middling 9 8 310 - prune large .. ...... 3 S 310 prime 4 0 4 2 prime small... ...... 310 4 0 j Perk, large 3 2 4 4 Veal reef, TALLOW MARKET. P.Y.C. to-day was quoted at 45'. to 455. 6d., and the expecta tion was that it would be steady during the week. Oil is unvaried in price from Saturday. PROVISION MARKET. This is one of the great days in the week for this Market. Stocks generally heavy, and the business doing confined to small purchases for immediate want. Even the primary commodities, such as Butter and Bacon, are very slow in their movements, prices of all kinds, without 'variation from those of last week, when we left the market. HOP AND SEED MARKET. Pine new red Clover on good demand, and rose Is. to fls. per cwt., and white fully maintained previous prices. Trefoil :rather dearer; other sorts unvaried. Hops receive but little business, and prices arc unaltered. COLONIAL MARKETS. There is bat little produce just now imported from any of our Colonies. The business already advertised for the week is con siderable, and much increased from Saturday, and is expected to be increased to-morrow ; and trade is expected to be good for some time. There is no public business to-day ; and Canadian Colonial produce is much in the same state both of de mand and value as it was last week. The chief commodities at present advertised aro Sugar, Coffee, Rice, and Spices. TEA SALE THIS DAY. Langour continues to mark the progress of this sale ; but very little of what is put up sells. The attendance of the trade is to a fair extent, and the determination of buyers to support prices unal tered- The co nsequence is that quotations remain the same. The sale is expected to last all this week. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORN MARKET.—Dec. 30. We had a fair supply of Wheat at Market to-day from the g rowers, a s also goad coasting arrivals, for which there was a limited demand, at similar rates to last Saturday. Barley was in good supply, and rather a slow sale, at our quotations. For Malt we continue to have very little inquiry, and late prices are barely maintained. The supply of Oats was large, and prices the turn cheaper. In Rye little passing. Beans and Pease remain without alteration. Flour is a dull sale, at our quotations, the arrivals from Norfolk and Suffolk being very considerable. New. Old. Wheat, Northumlierland 46s• 59s s2s 57,1 --- Norfolk and Suffolk 525. 555 535 61s. .--- Berwick and Scotch 145 - 5....... -ms bss. --- Foreigii Rye, NorfAk and Sullolk -- Foreign S. S. Malt i n g, Norfolk and Suffhlk 205.3•28 . —s. —O. Barley, G r i n ding and Feeding 2ls. 2Ss Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk s2s 58s —s. —s. Beans, Small 'l7s. :193 s , ---•-. Tick 365 865. s s. Pease, White Ils. 3 , 5..... —s.—a. Gray Oats, Nerthunaberland, Potatoe .... ..... 20s. 235. gas. 273 ----.---.----- F ee d k °reign Flour (per sack) s. s 4ls. 445. _ WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET —Dec. 29 NrDeat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk ...... 444. 465. to —s. fine 60Is. ------- Lip. and Caro. ----- Yorkshire .s. 413. to 45;. fine 60, --- IN hite --- Foreign, heti —s. —s. to —s. line —s. White —s. —s. to —s. nnc —a.. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ... .. 30:. to 333. tine 56, ----...- Li nco lnshire ^O , , to 3 - 2 s fine 313 --- Yorkshire Wold --- Foreign Beans, Small .................................. .... Tick 375. to —s. fine 39-. Oats, Potato Poland .................................... ... —s 23s, to 255. fine f...'s Friezland and Small Mealing sho ling ............. ... Malt. .............................................. .—s. , 355. fine 38s. per Toad. Rapeseed ..... ........................... 221. Os 231. Or. 24/. Os. per Last. MINING INTELLIGFNCE. Tons. Cwt. Qrs Ouantity of e i , i , pe t Ore sold 2 414 0 0 Quantity of fine Copp er Average Produce SN 14,10^!. 3s.od.—Average Standard 107 L. ISi. Od. Amount of Sale, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, D„ . 30 . —Wind SW., moderate. Dec. 31.—Wind S.W., ditto.—Arriv ed an d proceeded for the River, the Munford, Cleve land, from Havatinah ; and Stentor, from Quebec. Arrived from the River end remain, the Mercy, Treadwell, for Barbadoes ; Endeavour, Johnson, for Lisbon; Mexborough, Livingston, for Granada ; Bolivar, Brown, for St. Vincent's; Jane, Last, for Trinidad, Alexander Ro bertson, Wyley, for Alexandretta; Enterprise, l‘lartele, for Gibraltar; Scotia, Gale, for St. Michael's; General Evans, Dale, foe St. Michael's; Vixen, Watkin, f or Leghorn; and also the Isabella and Canton. Poarssrotrrit, Dec. 30.—Wind S.S. W. DEc. 31.—Wind S.—Sailed the Malcolm, Eylcs, for Madras, Bengal, and China • and Valiant, Iluley, for PiNsiouu, DEC 31.—Arrived the Barbara, Nicholson,' from Odessa; Scalark, Carne, from Terceira; and Sylph, Belem, from Guernsey, leaky, bound to Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, DEC. 33.—Arrived the Mutine Packet, from Vera Cruz, sailed the 13th November, and Ilavannali the 27th ; and Delight Packet, from the West Indies, sailed from St. Thomas's the 15th ult. Bursrox, D E ,. 31,—Arrived the Wiliam and Elizabeth, Pearce, from Ilicliebucto; and Windrush, Maine, from Lisbon DuaLtN, Dec. 29.—Arrived tee Diligence, Nicholls, from Cadiz. Ltvenroot, Dec. 31.—Arrived, the Chatham, Gill, from Demerara; Alice, from Barbadocs ; Exchange, Atkins, from Savannah; St. Law rence, from Miramichi ; Joseph, Porter, from St. Andrews; Brothers, Hutchinson, from Zaute ; Adventure, Tueker, from Terceria ; Paquite de Bilboa, from Tarrogona; Oporto, Smith, from Oporto; off Port, Courier, from Valparaiso; Aristides, Hart, from Haraburgh ; Argen tine, Helso, from Antwerp; Dido, from Africa. Telegraph Office— Off Holyhead, inward bound, the Kingston, from Africa. The Isadore, Pitt, bound to Portsmouth, has just put back to Kilrush, very leaky, having struck on the bar and must discharge. BOROUGH of LAMBETH—THIS DAY This morning a meeting of the inhabitants of the above borough was held at th:. School Room, Church-street, to take into considera. Lion the late declarations of Lord John Russell, in the House of Corn. mons ; al,o, for the extension of the elective franchise, and to require the Vote by Ballot. The requisition calling the meeting was signed by nearly 300 of the inhabitants, of whom not a tenth attended. Mr. JOHN BARTON was voted to the Chair, and read tho requisition. Mr. FALL said it now became a question with the meating whether they should at once go into the business or adjourn. The present time, in his opinion, was most inconvenient, for it was New-Year's Day—a day of great business to the inhabitants, and consequently thsy would be unable to attend. It was therefore his opinion that such important subjects as were to be discussed ought,to be brought forward before a far greater meeting than the present, and it was his intention to move the adjournment of the muting until Thursday evening. Amongst the subjects which would come under discussion, the war in America wonlc form one of the topics, and it was highly important that so mo. mentous a question ought to be brought fi rward, when the working men of the Borough were present. Ito should therefore move the ad. journment until Thursday evening next, at six o'clock. Mr. GRADY quite concurred in the motion, for the subjects which would be brought forward were of the greatest importance, and were entitled to be largely discussed. If they would agree to the adjourn ment, Mr. Hawes would attend on Thursday evening and so would Mr D'Eyncourt, if he were back in sufficient time from Lincolnshire. A person present observed that the workmen were pretty well in formed of the causes of the Canadian war. Another Inhabitant objected to the meeting being adjourned. Mr. FALL, jn explanatiom, said the adjournment arose from the corn. !:native thinness of the meeting. The motion for the adjournment was then carried. THE NEW LAW OF WII,Ls.—As the new Act comes into operation this day, it behoves every one to make himself acquainted with its principal provisions, especially with those which relate to the execution and formalities of wills, and without the due observance of which formalities no will made hereafter will be valid. From and after this day every will, whether of real or personal property, must be in writing, and be signed by the testator, or by some person in his pre sence, and by his direction. The sissature of the testator must be made or at least acknowledged by him in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, who must subscribe their names as witnesses to the execution of the will in the presence of the testator and of each other. As the Act does not require any particular form of attestation to be used, it seems that any words of sufficient import will answer the purpose. In case of any interlineation or alteration being made in the will after execution, such alteration must bo exe cuted in all respects the same as the will, by affixing the sig nature of the testator, and the subscription of the witnesses in the margin opposite to such alteration, or at the foot of some memorandum referring thereto. It may he further necessary to bear in mind that every will made in future will be revoked by the subsequent marriage of the party making it, without the . I birth of a child supervening. CRIMINAL COURT-(TIIIS DAY.) This morning these sessions commenced before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Sir C. Marshall, Mr. Alderman Harmer, and the Sheriffs, &c. The Grand Jury, whose foreman was Mr. Richirds, late M.P. for Kuaresborough, has e been impannelled, the Recorder addressed them as follows :—Gentlemen, the in'erval which has occurred between the late and present se?sions has been so short, not exceed;ng a fortnight, that the calendar presents only a proportionably small number of pri o.iCrB—about 150; but that number will, in all probability, be in creased, before your labours are concluded, to 200. Tee calendar, however, contains several offences of great magnitude. There is one charge of murder, four of manslaughter, and many cases of larceny, and stealing by servants. As far as I can collect from the depositions there is nothing in these eases involving difficulty, in matters of law, except the charge of murder, upon which I will make a few ob servations. As a general proposition of law, malice is inferred on the rat - y who has occasioned the death of another from the very fact of the killing, and, in sirictness, the law expects the alleged necessity, acci dents, or infirmity, which justify, excuse, or extenuate the act of killing, to be proved by the prisoner, unless they arc proved by the evidence adduced on the part of prosecution. But in the present case you will have to consider whether the prisoner did or did not earn mil the ,ct of killing with a premed:tatel purpose of mischief against the deceased. It would not be right to go minutely into all the cir cumstances disclosed by the depositions. I may, however, generally advertise you of the fact that the death is represented to have occurred from the use of a knife; and that when the prisoner occasioned the death, he had received from the deceased a previous provocation. It also appears that he deceased striking a female in his company was the immediate provocation which induced the prisoner to commit the act. If you shall find that the prisoner uttered vindictive expressions against the deceased before the quarrel occurred in which the death took place, and that he carried the knife about his person for some time previous, it will be for you to say, whether the weapon was so re tained for the purpose Of using it, and whether the quarrel was of his seeking, as a pretence for thus using it. If it should appear on the other hand, that the blow was inflicted through the infirmity of human nature, with no previous intention to use the deadly weapon suddenly, and without premeditation, the crime will then be reduced to manslaughter. Should the facts, however, on which you would feel inclined to come to this decision be surrounded with difficulty and doubt, it will be your duty to put the case in a train of inquiry before the higher Court. After cautioning the Grand Jury, as he had done on former occasions,against too hastiliy ignoring bills because the first two or three witnesses for the prosecution did not fully prove the case, the Learned Recorder dismissed them to the discharge of their im portant duties, which he was sure would be equally beneficial to the country and honourable to themselves. The Petit Jury was then called over. One individual, who stated himself to be a licensed Dissenting preacher, begged to be excused from serving. The RECORDER asked him if he was in business, and he redlied in the negative. He had sold his house and shop, but worked a little in private to supyort hiinself, as he had no stipend. he RECORDER feared that his case did not come within the rule of exceptions ; hut if they could dipense with him, they would, as a favour, but not a matter of right, discharge him from attendance. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELyE O'CLOCK. Towards the close of the Consol Market on Saturday afternoon, the Funds became heavy, and Consols closed at 02 buyers for the Account. This turn of the market was owing to information being received, that the French Government were preparing an Army of Observation on the Northern frontier, to watch the movements of the Russian troops, which were said to be proceeding towards the Rhine and Luxembourg. _ „., . _ The preparations making by Government to send troops to Canada also had an effect upon the market, as well as the report on 'Change that Ministers, on the meeting of Parliament, would propose an increase both of the Army and Navy. __ _ Consols opened this morning at 921 ; Exchequer Bills, 21d., 44 48 prem.; Ditto, 2d., 42 44; India Bonds 25 prem.; Bank Stock 2041 ; India Bonds 2661 for the opening. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 191, with Coupons, opened this morning 191 # ; Portuguese closed at 291 to 29.1, opened at 291` 30 ; Three per Cents. closed at 19f, opened a t th e same ; Dutch Two -and-a-Half per Cents, closed heavy at 531 1, without the dividend, opened at 521 ; Brazilian closed at 741, opened at the same. The Quebec Papers of the 4th state that the first division of the 43d. arrived at Quebec on the 3d. from New Brunswick ; 1,000 volunteers are at .Quebec. In the city the accounts received thismorning from Canada arc looked upon as very favourable. It appears that the rebels are flying in all di rections. Reinforcements of troops from New Brunswick have arrived at Quebec ; and there is every appearance that the rebellion will soon bs put down. ' • PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Steck ...... ...... ..... 2 0 54 4 1 4 , livii., stiicx.— .. 3 pert eLt. ,e,;„ 3 per Cent. Cons _ — South Sea Su. , k — 31y per Cent.........._........... 98s A i (11,1 knnnities -- — 1) tto Red_ -MA N, N, w Ditto- — New 314 pc: Ccni .- 31 , c , Cult. Atm.:ties, 1751_ New 5 per Cent.. - Exch.:31111,4:1,W 46 44 4; yin tivik Long Annuitiestoexvire Ditto ,50. • — 46 PITI• Jan, 5, 1060 14 11-161( Ditto 211113 Oct. I.). sigh 1 19--16 Ditto Commercial ......... pat. Jan. 5, 1060 — Ditto Ad,ertheti ............ Ps". Jan. 5, IV, SLock fru' Account. ... 205 434 April 5, litin - Iricl''t Stock for Account -- J xn. 5, 1870 ~ -- Comfits for Acconnt 9 - 2 14 !y 9i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bondi ~...... ......... ( Peruvian I:ones Belgisn Bondi ....... ....... .... - Ditto Account — Ditto A ce0u1:t...... ......... — Portuguese 80nd5...... BiazilianlVmdi ...... .....74 1 4 4 5' ' Ditto A,-,;aunt — Ditto Account 74-r3ili 5 Is.tto New Pi.celw 2 . 34 Ramo, Am,. Bonus ...... ...... —1) tto Accuutit — Ditto Account ...... ..... ...,.. D tto, :i per cent__ ... ;hill zu Bolirts *.htto Account .. ..... ........ Riliaian Boni's, 18 , 2 ..... ...... C iliac:Mau :sonde Ditto Acenitt.t. .... — Ditto Metallic — Cslirithian Bonds, Int_ ...... _ ft re ,,,i,,h p t , nds Pi It. ACC:: ililt . ...... ••• • ••• ••••••• i Ditto Account ... .. Dinirh Bonds ...... ihtto Account .... ...... ...... Dtto Account — Greek Bonits ...... . ..... .......... French, :.• per cent ••••• — t - — c• Dizto•fliitids. 14'25 ..... ........ • . —t —c 4 per cent 3 per cent.. 7B 59c. ~..----, Exchange Qat. f.:sc. uutch, zi per cent 5 2 ,10( 54 Ditto Account 5 , 541-1 S DAM, t per cent. ...... .. 100; 2 ) 1 Ditto Account I/AY AT ONE O'CLOCK ft ea I del Morin , M in i ng Co., Registered' 63/raid. Per . 19s. firt t Share Ditto Unregistered — 15'14U Me, Urcat Western Rail wa y Company 6righton Railway Company wino and Greenwich lailway toinpan; 2O 16 15 , 4 Col:mint Bank . 25 4 1 /, National Provincial Bank of England (New) l9 9% PRICES OP IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DECEMBER 31. 3 per Cent. Consols 91% Grand Canal Debt. 6 per cent. 90'4 Ditto Reduced .... 3;;, per Ceir. Stock 96 M Ditto, 4 per cent ... .... .... 6IN "ei H Ci tn ian Bank — Ditto New, Mitt ... •• . ...... 911, ibe ty of Dalin Steam Company 3 ~ per Cent. Debentures Wink Stock Royal Canal S:ock Grand Canal Stock 2711 cent lIALF-PAST ONE. We have just conversed with a gentleman who has arrived this morn ing from Montreal, and is at present at the North and South American Coffee-house. He lift Montreal on the 7th ult. Ills information is of the most favourable tenor, and it is looked upon at Montreal that the rebellion is at an end. The general opinion was, when 119 left, that the rebels would not venture another attack on the Queen's troops. The re sult of the affair at .Eustache was, that the rebels were completely dispersed, and the line of frontier so well guarded, that but few volun teers from the United Stetes could join them. The conduct of the troops tinder Colonel Wetherall is spoken of in the highest terms, and the despatches to Government are said to be of the most favourable na ture. It is also stated that the principal leaders of the rebels have aban doned their deluded followers. - Ditto Account geitican Bon•Ii, 5 per cent._ Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account ........• 164, ..... ....... • FrICES OF SHARES THL By the Proclamation of Lord Gosford, 1,0001. is offered for the ap prehension of Papineau ; 5001. each for Dr. Wodford, and Messrs. Nel son and Brown, and for four others 100!. each. The different volun ten companies had commenced drilling at Quebec, and the Royalists were in the highest spirits, and full of confidence in the ability of Sir John Colborne to put down the rebels. Although the news from Canada is of the most favourable nature, we have but little improvement In the British Fnnds. Ilad not the affairs of Russia caused some excitement to the speculators, we have no doubt there would have been a considerable rise in the Consol Market, Consols at present may he quoted 92i for the Account; Exchequer Bills, 2i(1., 46 44 47 prem. ; Ditto, ad., 43 45 prem. ; Bank Stock 2041; India Bonds 25 17. In the Foreign Market very little doing; Spanish Active 19}, with Coupons ; Portuguese 29i ; Three per Cents. 194 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Halfper Cents. 53:, without dividend ; Brazilian 75; Mexican 2t3+, THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92g. The Countess of Chesterfield is daily improving hcaltb. Lord and Lady Howden are entertaining a small party at Grimstonc-park. They liberally distributed food and clothing to the poor of Grirastone, Kirkby Wharfe, &c. Lord Prudhoe caused, on Christmas Day, his annual! donation of comfortable clothing, blankets, coals, &c., to be distributed amongst the poor families belonging to the townships of Stanwiek and Aldbrough. IMPORTANT FROM CANADA, ( From a Second edition of the Times.) We have received by the kindness of a gentleman, just arrived from Canada, by way of the United States, the New York Courier of the 11th. and the Montreal Herald of the sth instant, the following intellig,nee ( From the New York Couriel.) LATEST FROM CANADA. • The detachment of British troops under Colonel Gore, that marched upon St. Dennis by the wry of Sorel, entered and occupied that village on the morning of the 2d instant, subse quently took possession of St. Charles, and were left at the last accounts marching upon St. Hyacinthe in pursuit of Papi. ncau and Nelson, who acre supposed to have fled in that direction. St. Charles and the other villages on the Riche- lilnt;re to be occupied until further orders. — It is stated in the Montreal Courier•, that the howitzer, and live wout,ded men, left behind on the 231 ult., were reco vexed, and that the property of Nelson and the hettes f►om which he and his companions fired upon the 13 hish trool:s, were burned. _ . . The p esent gathering-place of the insurgents, if the Mon treal papers may be believed, is in the county of the Lake of the Two Mountains—from which many of the loyal fami!i;s have fled—and where it is said they have built block houses and other fortifications, at St. Eustache, Grand Brule, and other strongholds. Several adr!iiional arrests had been made in the district of Montreal. -On the Ist instant, Toussaint Peltier and Come Seraphin Cherrier, Advocate of the city of Montreal, and the latter M.P. P. for the county, were duly committed to -the common gaol on this charge. On the same day, a man named Pierre Claude Phaneuf, of St. llamas, was arrested at St. John's, the deposition of several witnesses declaring him to have been one of those who fired on the cavalry near Longuell. The steam-boat Varennes, which arrived on the evening of the 2cl from Sorel, brought up Pr. I'. A. Dorion, M.P P. for Champlain, and Louis Moge, who were arrested at St. Ours the evening previous, during the visit of the troops to that village. An arrest for sedition has also taken place, of a man named William Doran, who has been admitted to bail. Lord Gosfurd, Captain-General and Commander in. Chief in and over the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, has issued a proclamation, under date of the 29th ult., calling on the disaffected and malcontent inhabitants of the Lower Province to return to their allegiance, assur ing them that her Majesty's Government is more "desirous to forget than to resent injuries," and that within that sanctuary they will " experi ence, no further molestation." We learn from Upper Canada that the magistrates of Kingston have been engaged in bringing to light some treasonable designs, and in arresting a correspondence with some individuals in the distri. t hitherto suspected of disaffection to the Government. It is stated in the King ston Chronicle that their courts have been successful, and that letters filled with insurrectionary views, plans and exhortations. have fallen into their hands, which they have despatched to the seat of government, to be submitted to the Crown officers. (Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) BURLINCITON, DEC. 7.—The northern mail has just arrived. I have seen a gentleman—an acquaintance—bp the stage, who says that volun. teers, 100 in number, left Swanton yesterday for Canada, with muskets, powder, two cannon, and that they reached Missisqne bay where they were attacked by the Roya'ists, and after a hard tattle the patriots were driven back, with the loss of one man killed, three wounded, and the loss of one cannon and a few muskets. Yesterday the mail arrived from Montreal, with only one letter and no papers. Nopapers from Montreal since Friday. The Royalists are fortifying the whole of the Canada line, by Swanton, Highgate, &c., a: - .d families are leaving for the States every day. The Winooski steam-boat left here last night for St. John's, and will proba bly return tonight laden with passengers. The streets at Montreal arc all welt barricaded. Monied affairs in Canada are in a deplorable condi tion. The banks are all guarded by the regular troops. Men in busi ness can obtain but very slight accommodations, and none but Royalists are accommodated at all. Canada money not taken at the banks here. (From the Montreal Herald.) Last evening, at 8 o'clock, the steamer Varennes arrived in port from Sorel, having on board Lieutenant Sweeny, Royal Montreal Cavalry, who has returned in ill health. Four prisoners were brought up at the same time, accused of high treason, viz. :—Charles Gouin, Alexis Feb.° quin, and. the Chapdelaines (father and son.) Colonel Gore, as we un. derstand, has proceeded to St. Charles and St. Hyacinthe to root out the rebels. St. Dents has been burnt from the entrance of the village, in cluding Wolfred Nelson's house. Marcoux's monument totally destroyed. Every search was made for Mr. Weir's body, but it could not be found; it is supposed that his corpse has been thrown into the river. Proclamations have at last been issued, offering rewards for the ap. prehension of the principal traitors. The rewards appear to be graduated according to the rascality of the parties, viz. :—L. J. Papineau, 1,0001. ; Dr. Wolfred Nelson, Thomas S. Brown, E. B. O'Callaghan, M.P.P., C. 11. 0. Cote, M.P. , Joseph E. Drolet, M.P.P., J. J. Girouard, M.P.P., William henry Scott, 51.P.P., E. E. Rodier, M.P.P., Amury Girod, Jean 0. Chunier, 5001. ; Pierre Paul Dcmaray, Joseph F. Davignon, Julien Gagnon, Pierre Amiot, Timothe Franchere, Louis Perrault, Alphonse Gavvin, Lotlis Gauthier, Rod., Desriviers, 1001. We understand that the rebels have evacuated Saint Cesaire after having completely saeked the store of Mr. Chaffers, a loyal magistrate there. We arc sorry to learn that they have got hold of Mr. Chaffers' notes and obligations, though we hear his books are saved. Mr. Chaf fers's loss cannot be estimated at less than 3,0001., as we are informed. His clerks again took possession on Friday last, and closed up every thing, it not being considered prudent for Mr. Chaffers to return amongst them .for the present. The Montreal Herald contains a long proclamation by Lord Gosford, dated November 29, which the Herald censures for its moderate and " almost absolute impunity" held out to the rebels. We have not room for it at present. The gentleman, to whom we are indebted for these papers, has also favoured us with the following statement :-- " The writer left Montreal on the oth. Colonel Gore had roturned from St. Denis with the troops, and the body of Lieutenant Weir, which was found buried on the banks of the Richelieu, near a tannery ; his face was so mangled that he could not be recognised but from his dress. The rebel party had retreated from St. Denis. Colonel Gore met with the armed body on his route. Papineau as yet has not been traced, he is no doubt in the province, and it will be difficult for him to get nut, as a sharp look out is made for him by the Americans for the reward. I saw Franchere, Loapias, sliongear, and slanchaud, at Highgate ; at Swan. ton, there are Dr. Coke, Drolet, Davignon; Demaray, and Rodier, and several are also at Burlington ; theye three last places are the State of Vermont. All through that State there seemed a very great anxiety for the success of these rebels, and at Albany and Troy they were raising a subscription for arms and ammunition. The two pieces of cannon the rebels had at Missique Bay they obtained in Ver gennas, also in Vermont. On the morning of the 7th, it was supposed, or rather reported, that Colonel Wetherall would march against General Brute, depositions had been made in Montreal that they had deserted their camp there, after the unfavourable account of the battle of St. Charles." (From a Second Edition of the Morning Chronicle.) (From the New York Morning Herald of Dec. 11.) We are informed from an official source, that depositions were taken be:ore the British commercial agent in this city, and dispatched to Eng land by yesterday's packet, relative to the enlistment and recruiting going on in Vermont for the insurgents, and the supplies of arms and provisiOns introduced into the province from thence. Copies were also dispatched to Washington. With what face great Britain can remon strate on the countenance given to the Canadiads by the sympathy of individuals, after her national interference in the affairs of Spain and Portugal, it is not easy to perceive. If even our government openly abetted the revo:ters this argument would have some three; how much wore so, when the only aid and encouragement is from the favourable sentiments of a few isolated individuals. We add another letter from our correspondent. ST. JODNS (LOWER CANADA) Dec. 4, 1837. , • . . Every person able to bear arms is expected to enroll his name as a volunteer, and be ready to march to all points where the ma gistrates or mi,itary Akers direct. The greatest excitement prevails in I.',lontreal, and although the apprehension of assault has diminished, the busy note of preparation is very audible. That the winter will be an awful one there is no doubt. The sucsess of Colonel Wetherall at St. Charles has had the good effcet of snaking the majority of the habi tans waver in their resolution to join those in arms, but their disposi tion is the same, and the discomfiture of the troops will be the signal for a general rise. _ _ _ . The annoyances of a civil war are invisibly felt in the very outset of this miserable contest ..The roads are thronged by amateur partisans of the Government, who exercise a very rigorous surveillance on all coin ing to Canada, or travelling to the States. I have had a good deal of conversation with gentlemen coining through from Montreal with their families, to deposit them in a place of safety on the other side of the lines. They apprehended a long and obstinate contest, as an indomi table spirit prevails among the Canadians, end their wives and children are as enthusiastic as the men ; the latter have perilled their lives, while the lormer commit their household goods and agricultural pro perty to the flames, wherever and whenever the troops approach. The war will be a desultory one, and the antique legend of Cadmus and the Dragon's tooth will be revived during the present winter. The rebels arc nothing daunted, by the result of the St. Charles aflltir; every body feels that the worst has not yet come. There are not more than 3,380 regulars on this continent; and how they are to defend the cities, and the expanse of country during the winter, is a question that considerably puzzles my philosophy. About 5,000 loy.dist Volunteers may be raised, but their fanaticism is as trouble.. some to the Government as the open hostility to the Canadians, The-Honourable Robert Jones, with a corps of Stanstead and St. .Ir. mend people, is scouring the country between here and the lines, exa. mining travellers. -- It is singolar that his partisans are either Ameri cans or their suns. lam convinced the Canadians cannot calculate on any demonstration of support from the township people, they hold their lands by the " free and common socage tenure" to which the Canadian seitpieurs are so opposed: the Assembly has frequently questioned the right ()Vac Clown to concede lands in this manner. If they got th e upper hand they would dispossess the American settlers, or make them change the tenure ; or in some way or other give them trouble. Having taking the oath of allegiance the latter cling to the authority under which they hold; and not having a sixpehce to p a y for roads, sc hools, or any township contributions, not even t heir clergy, they see no tea _ son to be dissatisfied.—ltesptetfully yours PAPINEAU IN NEW YORK. The New York Weekly Herald of the 9th ult., gives the following account of Papineau and his doings : " We have reason to know, that, for toe last week very active mea. sures have been taken to forward armed auxiliaries to the Canadian frontier, there to abide the directions of those entrusted with th e go . neral detai's of the insurrection. The process is a curious one. The candidate for the glory of overthrowing the British domin ation on this continent, walks into a barber's shop, and instead of equipping himself in the dressing gown, and holding out his chin f r the biush, he marches onwards into a little room where there is a gentleman seated, who takes down his name arid residence. He is then told that his services will be required for two or three years probably, and is fur nished with money to convey him to a certain point on the lines, where he will be supplied with uniform, clothing, and arms. In this way about 200 men have been dispatched to join the forces of the re volutionists. We also learn that about 130 barrels of gunpowder in the s'ape of butter kegs have been smuggled across the frontier into Lower Canada." Ma. PAPINEAU IN THIS C►rr, Scc. We understand that a French. man pointed out Mr. Papineau to Mr Fountain, the keeper of the city prison. The honourable speaker and agitator of Lower Canada was on the wharf waiting to go on board the Albany steam-boat, on Thursday afternoon, when Mr. Fountain's attention was called to him ; he pro bably has been ma'iing the arranrments alluded to in another article for supplying his partisans with munitions of war and auxiliaries. A gentleman, the proprietor of a newly-invented fieldpiece that dis charges some thirty bullets in as many seconds, is anxious to devote this implement of destruction to the patriot cause, but he very naturally wishes to know the condition of their funds. Can any one inform us ? Mr. Poulett Thomson has left town on a visit to Sir Charles Taylor. Mr. John Philip Miles is entertaining a large party at his splendid seat, Leigh Court, in Somenetshire. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet Britannia arrived on Saturday with the tiamburgh mail of the 26th ult. The Countess of :Lansdale, w ith the London mail of the 22d, art ived at Harnburgh on the morning of the 26th. The Elbe was free from ice, and the navigation completely open. MAGAZINE DAY BLACXWOOD'S MAGAZINE. The " Household Wreck," which is the first paper in the present Number, is a tale which reminds us, in sonic places, of the iinpassicned and eloquent manner of Joseph Dowries in the Mountain- Decameron. The introductory portions of it ere written with great vigor, and show no slight power of fancy ; the close of the story however dis appoints us sadly, for after being prepared for some stein and tragic catastrophe, and having our curiosity raised to tie utmost, we a , c put off with a series of petty distresses arlsing from the heroine having been taken to a police office, arid afterwards tried, and found g uilty of having pur loined some goods from a haberdasher's shop. After a high wrought, impassioned exordium, containing many genuine touches of pry-try, we are ill prepared for such an every day catastrophe as this. It is realizing the old fable of the mountain in labour. Nevertheless, we must confess that the tale has inteiTst is worked up in places with consi derable energy ; and needed only a little. more skill and judgment to render it all that a magazine fiction should he. " Modern French Classics" gives an able, though brief, sketch of the life and writings of the celebrated French preacher Bossuct, whose funeral oration on Queen Henrietta, wife of the unfortunate Charles the First of England, has ever been considered a master-piece of pulpit eloquence. From the specimens which the writer adducis of this composition, it is evident that its merits have not been over-rated. It is nervous and sententious in style, elevated in thought,' and breathes throughout the true, meek spirit of Christianity. " The Life of Wallenstein" is one of those delightful historiettes, for which this periodical has long been so celebrated. A great variety of informa tion, and on matters little known to the generality, though of general interest, as tending to throw light on many mys teriatis events in the Thirty Years War, is here packed up in the compass of a few pages. The article is besides full of well-selected extracts, one of which gives us an animated account of the famous battle of Lot zen, in which Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, the lion of the North, and the bul wark of the Protestant faith"—as Sir Dugald Dalgetty calls him—fell, at the moment of obtaining a hard-earned vi t.ory. From this interesting paper, we quote the follow iag, extract descriptive of Wallenstein's daily mode of life, when he was living an exile at Prague. It is a curious and characteristic picture of the magnificence of the higher German nobles in the seventeenth century :-- "The ruins of the enormous palace which he inhabited in Prague, with its six gates, its vast halls, galleries and baths, are still in existence, vying in extent and magnificence with those of the 'Roman emperors, and corresponding to the extent of his revenue, which exceeded six millions of dollars. Besides his own properties in Bohemia and Mo ravia, which he had acquired by his first - marriage, he possessed the Duchies of Friedland and Mecklenburg, the Principalities of Sagan and Glogua, and immense sums in the banks of Amsterdam and Venice. He formed a court of his own, and kept a numerous body-guard, sixty pages, four chamberlains, twelve knights and barons, and three hundred horses, which were fed from marble mangers in his stable. His table was never furnisbed with less than a hundred covers, and his liveries, equipages, and furniture were in a corresponding style of regal splen dour. Amidst the pomp with which he thus industriously surrounded himself, he was distinguished by the simplicity of his own tastes and habits, and his power of enduring labour and privations. Patient of hunger, thirst, and watchfulness, he never himself indulged in the fes tivities of the table ; to the other pleasures of the senses he was equally inaccessible;—amusement he despised. Deep study, or active exertion alone, could satisfy his brooding and restless mind. To noises of all kinds he had a particular aversion. Guards patroled the avenues to his palace to prevent disturbance; the very sound of coaches was prohibited in its neighbourhood, as he pursued his meditations on his future plans and prospects, conducted with Isis own hand his correspondence a ith every quarter in Europe, or devoted himself, in company with his astro loger, to the study of the planetary aspects, and endeavoured to draw from them a confirmation of his hopes or fears, as to his future destiny." " The WorldWe Live In" is sparkling and satirical, but attacks Sidney Smith in a most caustic, and unjustifiable style, for no other reason that we can discover, than be cause he happens to be a man of wit, as well as a clergy man. We suppose the writer is of opinion that in order to be pious, it is necessary, above all things, that a parson should be prosy. Yet Bishop Horne was an exemplary clergyman, and he was a man of first-rate powers of wit ; also was Bishop Corbet ; nevertheless he did not eschew his joke! The attack on Sidney Smith is a sheer piece of cant and humbug, suggested evidently by his Whig politics, and sharpened possibly by personal spleen. " Russia" is a well-digested essay, replete with valuable matters-of-fact. " Impressions of a Tour" is readable ; but it is impossible to impart much interest or novelty to a tour in Germany and the Netherlands. The field of observation and enquiry has been so diligently reaped, that scarcely a sheaf is left for the most lynx-eyed gleaner to pick up. " What have the Ministry Done ?" is clever in point of mere style, but crazy and rambling in its politics. Portions of it evince consummate powers of mystification. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Captain Marryat's " Phantom Ship" is continued in this Number,and forms one of its chief attractions. The supern a natural portions of the talc are touched with a light and dex terous hand, so as to keep the reader in a constant flutter of excitement and curiosity. In point of interest, arising from a rapid succession of startling incidents, we prefer this story to any its author has yet produced—with the sole ex ception of " Peter Simple," which is decidedly his master piece. The sketch of the ship on fire off the coast of Africa, is pourtrayed with infinite energy, though it will not bear comparison with the same appalling catastrophe described in " Tom Cringle's Log." The essay entitled " Female Portrait Gallery," is from the pen of Miss Lan don. It is a criticism on Scott's character of Flora M'lvor eloquent, indeed, but wanting in discrimination. Miss Landon exhibits to greater advantage as a poet than a critic. Her remarks on Flora rarely pierce below the surface. " Pine-Apple Lodge" is a humorously written article, and contains a lively satirical sketch of one of those capricious, elderly gentlemen who come under the designa tion of " Oddities." " The Great Western Jungle" is a capital sporting paper, worthy of Nimrod, whose manner, in some of its hasty, glowing descriptions, it much re sembles. It is evident that the author has not drawn from books of travels, but from personal acquaintance with the picturesque localities which he pourtrays. "'The Manager's Note Book" is this month devoted to reminiscences of Mathews—an able mimic and actor, but by no means the first rate genius that his admirers would represent him to be. We take an extract at random from this desultory memoir : It seems that when he commenced these entertainments he had great doubt of their success in the country, having previously made the experiment with only a small portion of them, when he also acted in the play or farce. Trotter, a manager of a country company, made him a liberal offer for a few nights' engagement, and the first trial was to be made at Gravesend. No performance had taken place in the theatre fur two years, and orders were sent to an old woman, who had the care of the house, to brush away the cobwebs and make it as decent as pos.. sible. When Mathews and his friend arrived they found it in.srvery deplorable state, then only a very few hours before the opening of the doors. The appearance of the house, his own doubts of success, and the absence of his patron Trotter. made him completely miserable. The time of opening arrived—the house was tolerably full—and the curtain rose ;—but there was no applau,e—no laughter. Mathews was abso lutely wretched. To Mathews an applauding audience was every thing ; he grew duller and duller every minute, so did the company, and so did the lamps. Before half the first part was over, they began to go out one by one; in this situation, he, by side speec' , es white performing, contrived to desire his friend, who stood at the side, to send out for some candles. Off wtnt the old woman to the shop opposite, and quickly returned with a pound of long tens, which the friend cut in half, and stuck in tea-cups full of sand, borrowed from a neighbour; and front under the stage, as each light popped out, up popped in a cup and a lighted candle, and with it came a laugh from the audience, which Mathews had scarcely been able to raise. As the curtain went down, so did he on his knees—vowing he wou!d never appear before so insensible a set. They retired to the Prince of Orange, and, after supper, sat till near three o'clock over one glass of gin-and-water ; scarcely a word was uttered by either of them, except now and then Mathews breaking forth with half-sentenees--' Pleasant evening'—' delightful audience—' ex cellent judges'—' Bless come again'—' never'—` curse the lamps' it won't. do'—` d—n your rush.lights'—` back to town to-morrow.' However, by great persuasion, he played one more n'ght there, and, strange to say, the house was crowded, and the applause so great, that he went to the other theatres in the circuit as previously arranged, and was very successful, which only shows that, in spite of bad lights and all the rest of it, his merits told upon the judicious few, who went and told their neighbours." " The Man who always ate Stale Bread" is an inge nious story, told in a pleasant, unaffected manner. " Let ters from Ireland" is from the pcu of that clever, quick witted tourist John Carne. Ow: anecdote is worth re membering. " Irish hospitality," says the author, "is no longer excessive, as it was same twenty or thirty years ago, when a curious instance of its exercise occurred in the neighbourhood of Mallow, where a gentleman came to visit a friend at his country scat, to pass a few weeks, and ac tually passed thirty-four years !" This was not so much a visit, as a visitation! " Chig well Revisited," is a lively, well-versified poem, not unworthy the author of the Re jected Addresses. " The Gips3's Fountain" is an agree able ballad, but there is too much about " flowers" in it. We wonder vegetables are never introduced into modern poesy, if only by way of novelty. Allusions to sage and onions, or potatoes and pickled cabbage, would tell uncom monly well in a love song, or a poem entitled the " Broken Licari," especially if it were set to music, and the singer, made to shake upon the melodious substantive " onions!' New-year's Day" is a cluster of punning paragraphs 1 t I